Visual Analysis
Work Sheet


National Gallery of Victoria Education Services



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Name: _________________________ School: _________________________
Study Design: _________________________ Date: _________________________

Artist's name: _____________________________________________
Date (birth/death) _____________________________________________
Title: _____________________________________________
When was it made: _____________________________________________
Where was it made: _____________________________________________
What materials have been used: _____________________________________________
Acquisition: _____________________________________________
Catalogue no: _____________________________________________

List what you can see in the art work (people, buildings, animals, shapes etc)
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What techniques have been used? (painting - scumble, impasto, sfumato)
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How has the art work been designed? (format - rectangle, circle etc, tone, line, shape, texture, colour, contrast, spatial relation, balance)
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Context in which the art work was made (social, emotional, family, spiritual, cultural)
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Influences on the artist (social, political, religious, other cultures, artists past/present, art movements)
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What does it mean or what is its purpose? (express your ideas and back them up with reasons)
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What do you think of the art work? Why? (moods, feelings, ideas, responses)
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What do others think of the art work? Why? (moods, feelings, ideas, responses)
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REMINDER

** What do others think of the chosen art work (art critics, art historians).
** Research social/political/religious contexts.
** Research artistic influences (art movements/artists, other cultures).
** Use appropriate art terminology.